Brooklyn hurler Al Brazle weaved in and out of trouble this afternoon, as well as showing prowess at the plate, to lead the Belligerents to a 6-1 victory over North Dallas in the first game of the 1947 World Series.
Lou Boudreau homerd in the first inning to give Brooklyn an early 1-0 lead, and lead that vanished in the bottom of the second. Brooklyn reclaimed the lead on Dixie Howell's home run in the third, and added more insurance in the fourth on Brazle's two-run single. Brazle knocked in two more runs in the sixth when he doubled into the corner.
Brazle (1-0) walked four and gave up nine hits in 7 innings, but only one man scored as the Forty left 13 men on base. North Dallas had two men thrown out at the plate in the game, and also loaded the bases in the ninth with one out before Johnny Rigney struck out Tommy Henrich and got Eddie Miller to fly out to end the game.
North Dallas starter Fred Hutchinson (0-1) was ineffective, surrendering all six runs and 11 hits in under 6 innings of work.
10/4/1947, BRK47-NDA47, Polo Grounds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1947 Belligerents 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 13 0 8 0
1947 Forty 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 13 1
Belligerents AB R H BI AVG Forty AB R H BI AVG
Valo rf 5 0 1 0 .200 Galan lf 4 0 3 0 .750
Boudreau ss 5 1 2 1 .400 DiMaggioD cf 4 0 0 0 .000
Elliott 3b 4 0 1 0 .250 Cullenbine 1b 3 0 2 0 .667
Mize 1b 4 1 1 0 .250 Henrich rf 4 0 1 0 .250
McCosky lf 5 1 1 0 .200 Miller ss 5 0 0 0 .000
Mitchell cf 4 1 1 0 .250 Stanky 2b 4 0 1 0 .250
Doerr 2b 4 1 3 0 .750 Keltner 3b 4 1 1 0 .250
Howell c 4 1 1 1 .250 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 .000
Brazle p 3 0 2 4 .667 Rosar c 3 0 0 0 .000
Hughson p 1 0 0 0 .000 Hutchinson p 2 0 2 1 1.000
Rigney p 0 0 0 0 .000 Dickson p 0 0 0 0 .000
39 6 13 6 Ryan ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Ferrick p 0 0 0 0 .000
Baker 3b 1 0 0 0 .000
35 1 10 1
Belligerents INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Brazle W 1-0 7.0 9 1 1 4 5 115 67 1.29
Hughson 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 22 13 0.00
Rigney 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 12 5 0.00
9.0 10 1 1 6 7 149 85
Forty INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Hutchinson L 0-1 5.2 11 6 4 0 1 87 56 6.35
Dickson 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0.00
Ferrick 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 34 24 0.00
Leonard 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 19 9 0.00
9.0 13 6 4 2 3 146 92
NDA: Ryan batted for Dickson in the 6th
Baker inserted at 3b in the 9th
E-Miller. 2B-Boudreau, Doerr, Brazle, Galan, Stanky, Keltner. 3B-Cullenbine.
HR-Boudreau(1), Howell(1). K-Elliott, Mitchell, Hughson, Galan, DiMaggioD,
Henrich 3, Stanky, Keltner. BB-Elliott, Mize, Galan, DiMaggioD, Cullenbine 2,
Henrich, Rosar.
GWRBI: Howell
Temperature: 50, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 11 MPH.